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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-12
A Definite statement.

New YORK, March 1.-THE following
statement is made by one of the syndicate
which is about to secure the control of the
Baltimore & Ohio.
President Garrett has granted an ex-
tension of time in which to take up the
majority of the stock and he will not hold
out on technicalities, either regarding the
exact terms or time. There is no option
given to any one person, but a written
agreement is in this city, giving certain
party the right to buy the stock, and this
party, though not mentioned in the con-
tract, is clearly understood by both Mr.
Garrett aud the parties conducting the ne
gOtiati0uS. The price is not more than
200. but whether it is less or not, will not
say. Mr.. Garrett will be represented IN
the syndicate, and
MR.. GOULD WILL ALSO BE REPRESENTED
there. The sale of the property, when cul-
minated, will bring about settlement OF
the question of entering New York clty,
and the telegraph and express lines will be
sold Mr.. Sully has the same interest as
before in the syndicate and all intereStS
are working in harmony. The negoti-
ations, referring to the sale of the RIch-
mond terminal, failed on account OF the
refusal of the.executive committee to con-
sent to the issue Of the additional
stocl; necessary. The stock will lie
paid for in cash, which will either be sub
scribed at once by the syndicate or loaned
by the First National Bank, DreXel, Nor
gan & Co. or Wiuslow, Lanier q Co., who
will issue negotiable certificates for it. The
probability at present, however, is that
the necessary cash will be subscribed. The
formation ola new company is not contem-
plated. The securities may ultimately be
sold to the Richmond Terminal Co., but at
higher price than that paid by the syndi-
cafe -
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FOUL P4,AN-SUSPECTED.
Serious Charges Made by the Relatives Of
Mrs. Denmend.

Serious Charges Made by the Relatives of
Mrs. Denmend.
NEW BRUNSWICK, y. j., March IL
All the Brundagc family, the only rela-
tivcs of the Dcnmcads, drove from Piscat
away this morning and learned of the dis
covery of the decompoSed bodies Of Mrs.
Denmead and her brother-iu-law, Robert.
Mrs. Drundage persisted in seeing the
body of her sister, although the remains
had not yet been prepared for inspection.
After post mortem examination they will
take the body of Mrs Denmead and have
it inferred in st. James graveyard at Pis-
Getaway. The detectives of the city are
inclined to believe in the foul play theory.
Ii is charged that Samuel Dcnmead has
tried underhaud means 20 obtain posses
sion of the woman's property. No mar
riayc certificate has been found among the
papers Of the brothers, and Mrs. Brundage
freely asserts il as her opinion that the
woman WAS nothing but the mistress OF
the three men.
The result OF the post mOrtem eXamina-
tion on the bodies al Robert and Cornelia
Denmead showed that the woman's lungs
were in "a normal condition, and that her
death was not caused by pneumonia. Her
stomach and intestines were absolutely
empty Of solid matter, showing that the
woman was starved To death. Tue body
was horribly decomposed, Ms nenmead
has been dead for at leaat two months.
Robert Denmeada body was gaunt and
shriyeIed. The lungs and heart were de-
composed The stomach and intestines
were empty. His death WAS also caused
by starvation. The stomachs of both
Robert and Mrs Dcnmcad were taken Ia
Austen X WiIber analytical chemists,
who will examine them for traces Of poi
son. The eyes of the t"o persons had
been destroyed, presumably by rats.
Howard McshcrTy, counsel for Samuel
Denmeah, is authority for the statement
that Robert Dcnmead was taken IL, i0ur
months ago and died ah0at Christmas,
COrnclia was tnsen i'll few days before
Christmas apd died a few days later.
Death in each else resulted from naiunl
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RAILROAD TROUBLES.
LITTLE CHANGE IN THE SITUATION on THE
B&0
More Trains Aovns-Ths NypanO Trouble Extending
Freight Traffic Stopped Between
Youngstown and Cleveland
Labor News Elsewhere.

PTTTsBURG, March 1.-THE Baltimore
and Ohio officials are still firm in their de-
termination not to make any concessions
to the strikers. The men who are still on
strike at COnnellsville have lost the sym
pathy of the trainmen at the Pittsburg end
of the division. There was sufficient
freight being handled in the Pittsburgh
yards this morning to keep all of the yard
men busy. One of them said "We
wouldn't 90 out on strike now even if q
committee came down from Connellsyille
and requested us TO do so. Coke is coming
in to-day and it looks as if the strike was
about at an end" The railroad officials
intimate that now the strike was ended
some of the strikers will not be given EN-
ployment again. 1t was rumored this
morning that q wholesale discharged OF
firemen who were not working would be
ordered before tonight.
The officials have gradually been in
creasing their force until they now have
seventy-live or eighty men at work on the
Pittsburg division OF the road. These in
addition to the old yard men at work.
They say that all of the business that
comes to the road is being handled, though
not as promptly rs under the old arrange
ment No orders for freight are being re-
fnSai
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4 Onc-Ninutc Fight.

OMAHA, NEn, March ll.-Jobu =.
Glow stopped Jack lianley in lssS than
one minute last night.
lIauley's hackers made n Sturiy kick
against the regulation four-ouncc gloves
introduced by CLOVIS seconds, and aficr -
short wrangle Glow accepted the six-ounoe
mittens thrown into the ring by lHanlcy's
seconds.
After n moments sIarring Clovis lett
few out aud lIanley was sent to hs knee.
by terrific smash on the Jaw. When De-
recovered his feet he Was groggy. Glow
pursued his advantage with another leu
handler on the mouth. followed by vicioas
right uppeTeut on the chin, which sent
ltanlcy 10 his knees a whipped man. 81
am done" he gaSpcd; 20 10 your oor
ner." llanley's friends claim he was
sjck
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HUNDREDNsuINED.


The Collapse Of the Maritime hank Para
lyyss Trade In New brunswick.
ST. JuHSs, n. H.. March 1.-THE Mari
time Bank collapse has unsettled credits
Yesterday shop keeper declined 10 az
ccpt bill Of 50. stephens Bank and the
alarm which arose theieirOm could not he
quieted until word was telcgraphed from
st. Stephen that the hank was firm as q
rock.
In Fredericton trade is paralyzed by
the financial crisis. The downfall Of the
bank Iueaus financial ruin Ia hundreds
ia York, Carlton and Victoria counties
Poor men and women, widows and
orphans, attracted by the promises OF
five per cent, deposited their money
with the Maritime A lirge agaber
Of lumbcrmeD sent aggH,s into the
woods last wces - pay their men, and
fortunately for the latter, the money was
all from the suspended bank. All along
the line Of the New Brunswick Rliiway
there are large sums Of IGGDoy aiioaI, and
people are GOGkinr 10 tredcrickt0n, will
iugiy accepting 20 OF 30 cents on the dol
lar. The loss in this way 10 poor people
will he large.
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I,o.tmAstrr Harrii1.a Gao.

WASHINGTON, -. C., March 1.-THE
Star tonight says: Civil Service Commis-
sioners Lyman aud Oberly, were in their
offices to-day, having returned from Phila
deiphia, where for several days they have
been engaged In investigating charges
against posiuaster Iiarrity, relating to
appointments in his Office. Mr.. Lyman
said to-day that the investigation had
taken n wide scope, the Commissioner,
having found il desirable 10 eStsud, owing
to the excited state Of public feeling In
Philadelphia, due 10 iaTye extent 10 the
attitude Of the pres towards Mr.. HaTity.
There had tssn somo hostility 10 the CS'n-
misgiaaers, he said, on the part of partisan
newspapers, becaus4 the investigation was
a secret one. They asserted that the result
wonld be n whiteusshing report. The
Commissioners thought II advisable 10 con-
duct their investigation with closed doors,
as the objects which they sought 10 obtain
might otherwise lie defeated I,ut thsy
proposed To publish all ihe testimony.
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MEMORIAL SERVICES.
SCENES At PLYMOUTH CHURCH IN BRoOA'
LYN YESTERDAY.
The Sanctuary Crowded With Admirers Of the La''
Diyine-Ths Eloquent Sermon Of Dr. Hall
Over the Rsmains-MemOrial
Services Elsewhere

NEW YORK, March 1l.-All Brooklyn
was in mourning to-day over the dea'h oi
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
The public offices were closed business
was entirely suspended and memorial ser
vices were held in large number oi
churches in the vicinity of Plymouth
church.
The uptown streets looked deserted AS
early rs seven o'clock Fulton avenue was
thronged with people hurrying in the uirec-
tion of Plymouth church. Lines OF police
were stationed at the ends OF the block on
which the church is situated, and no one
was allowed to pass through the lines un'
less he had a ticket. Before eight o'clock
the line in Orange street was two-blocks
long. three abreast. The side streets were
hacked with people who hung around
hoping that they might be able to get IN
without ticket.
The members of Plymouth Company &,
Of the Thirteenth Regiment, of which Mr.
Beecher was Chaplain, were stationed at
the doors of the church and III the lecture
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MORE MEN OUT.
Brakemcn on the Mahonlng Division Join
the Nypano Strikers.

Brakemcn on the MahOninE DIVISION Joih
the Nypano Strikers.
YOUNGSTOWN, o., March ll.-NO move
mcnt has been made to-day by either the
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio or the
Pennsylvania Company to start freight
trains in their yards, though it was report
ed that each company would have Il large
force on hand To take the places of the
striking yardmen.
All the heavy -Kfogul engines belonging
TO the New York, Lake Erie aud Western
in use on the New York, Pennsylvania and
Ohio have been ordered home, aud are be-
ing sent east as rapidly rs possible, indi-
eating that the Erie will probably surren-
der it's lease of the New York, Pennsylya-
MIA and Ohio, rs it is known that President
Adams and other officials are now in New
York having conference with the Eric olli.
cials.
The Train IN the Sharon branch, run
Yesterday by officials, was abandoned to-
day. Road trains on the Pennsylvania
are running, the yardmen making no OBJ
iections Nothing has yet been heard
from the committee of locomotive ehei.
neers of the n. Y, p Il o. sent to inter-
view the Erie officials.
The road brakemcn on the Mahoning
division running through freight trains
from here to Cleveland struck this morn
ing and joined the yardmen, the last
through freight leaving here at 10 O'Clock.
This closes freight traffic between foungs-
town and Cleveland over the y. Y, i. Il
q. road
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MARTINS FERBY.

The Martins Ferry store works were
closed down yesterday. The mOulders are
regulating trade.
A part Of the Iaughlin mill is of ON ae-
count Of shortage Of steel.
The addition at the Buckeye glssa works
is assuming shape.
Constable Johl S,urr was in the city
YESTERDAY Ssrying summons in the case 0i
James Morgan w. The r., u. Il C.. X. X.
J. T. Craig has broken ground on Wal.
nut street for the erection OF q mall tene.
ment house.
MeCue RTo.. & Carter have purcbased
Hastings & McCue's livery stable, aot
will continue the business.
A roll was broken 10 sheet mill No. 2, In
the Standard miii, yesterday.
Mis- Lizzie Jane HowelIs. of Rainey
town has sued Martins Ferry man 70
bastardy.
PaFts Of the lEtna and Standard mill
were off yesterday on account Of low ga
pressure.
F. y. Cope has several sets OF SHERWOOD
steel harness among our horse owners q;
trial. They are said 10 be . suectss and
will be much used.
The Standard uiii has secured the con
tract q. making 300 tons Of No. 12-aa,
1ii sheet iron for the Government zyseRa
at Rock Island, Illinois.
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M Panic Probable.

WASHINGTON, ID. C., March ll.-lR q
conversation with an Associated Press re-
porter tonight ~ to the possibility oi
financial panic resulting from the accumu
iati9n OF surplus II The Treasury after
the payable hondS ace called, Treasurer
Jordan said he saw nothing in the present
situation which was at all likely TO cause
a panic. There was nothing in the situa'
tion to excite such fears. Should panic
occur Mr.. Jordan said the Government bad
full poWer 10 90 into the iharhet and buy
bondsin order to relieve the financial strait
Although he could not, OF coarse, speak
for the Administration, Of which he would
soon cease to be member he had no rea'
son to suppose the Treasury would not bt
applied as it had been with success on
other occasions.
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A FAMILY MURDERED.
4 Boy shoots Down n Father, Mother and
Two Children and Escapes.

hoy ShUObS bONu a. Ihthtr' ho'htT anu
Two Children and Escapes.
PARKERsBURG, w. Va, March ll.-A
terrible tragedy is reported from near Cerc
do, w. Va, on one of the lonely stream,
which cmpties into the Big Sandy from the
Kentucky side. Samuel Smith, aged II
years, had dificuty with Steve Ham
mond, neighboring farmer. Yesterday
Smith, armed with revolver, went Ovcl
to the Hammond house and, after some
words with Hammond, followed him into
the house. Hammond reached for his
rifle, when young Smith fired, instantly
killing him.
Smith was then attacked by Hammond.
wife, daughter and son, the latter littlt
more than children. The youthful mur'
der,r backed up gainst the side OF the room
aud fired three balls into Mrs. Hammond
body, intlicting fatal wounds.
As the woman dropped to the floor by
the side of her dead husband, Smith lcapcd
over her prOstrate form and fired ut tn,
boy and girl who were retreatlng through
door, two balls taking effect in the
daughter and one in the son, both drop
ping.
President Mcclellan has zone Ia Mon
trcal, it is understood, iOr assistance from
other banks. 1T is understood that local
bank managers are comforting with IN idea
of putting the Maritime on its feet. Mae.
lellan tcIcgraphed last night that dcposl-
tors and billholders would he paid by
stockholders who would have TO hc called
on for double liability.
Satisfied that his work WAS done and
| that no witnesses were left 10 tell oi thf
awful hutchcry, and having no more am'
munition, the murderer fled 10 the noun
tains II was hours aiterward before The
ncighbOrs disroyercd the bloody deed, at
tracted by the feeble cries Of the boy. The
alarm was given at once, but up to thl'
time Smith has moi been apnTeheNded
Mrs. Hammond is reported dead, and 1t \
said that the men who have gone in searcl
of Smith will lynch him rs Haon ~ caught
The family were we'll known In this stat
and were among the most respectable II
the community in which they lived.
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The Denl Not or.

BALTIMORE, March IA private dis
patch received in this city this afternoon
from New York says the deal is not oil,
and that it will he consumated. The fol-
lowing has Just been issued from the Baltl-
more and Ohio railroad office:
MIR. CARROTS attention was called to
the newspaper reports regarding the pro,
posed railway arrangements. lie refused
to talk further upon the subject, but SAID
whatever arrangements were made, they
would commend themselves to the com
munity of Baltimore, and he recognized as
protective. wise and valuable to all the i'll
terpstS involved. -
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THE IRON MAN WINS,
rHgSBPrRYNArE BILL PASSED BY A RcUs-
ING MAJORITY,
Bismarck's Brilliant vic.,ry-lhs veing-Festv'
lilies In Alsaoe-LoraiDe-Rassia Implicated
in the Navy Yard Scandal
General Buffers Evidence

BERLIN, March 1.-THE Septennate
bill was read the third time in the Reicbs-
tag to-day and was passed without debate
by vote OF 2s7 10 81.
Eighty-four members abstained from
voting.
The announcement Of the passage Of the
bill was received with applause.
All the Conservatives and National lib
erals and few Centrists voted with the
majority. The minority was composed Of
New German Liberals, Socialists and Alss-
tons
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payment of the stock. The new company
will issue $50, OOO, 900 in stock and holders
of outstanding Baltimore and Ohio stock
will receive three shares of new stock for
one one share of old. The new stock will
be listed on the New York Stock Exchange
and on the present basis Of earnings will
receive dividends at the rate of six per
cent per annum.
The express business, parlor cars and
telegraph lines will be sold at the best
opportunity, but until that is done will be
operated as heretofore Some difficulties
in the way of deal are said to be the
Staten Island contracts and the attitude
of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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That's Right. Hew to the Line.

10 he FtllOr OF INs htQLNtT.
MoRGANTOwN, W. Va, March IL
Your dispatches from MorgantOwn pre-
vious to yesterday grossly misrepresentei
affairs. Five students'have been suspend
ed for cheating The evidence is over
whelming In all the cases a large majori-
ty of the students sustain the Faculty.
When the investigations are completed |
shall send you the facts. Two suspended
students cheated in Latin, two in English
literature and one in mathematics. The
Faculty are determined TO break up cheat
ing. L. Nj. TURNER,
President
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PARKERSBURG NEWS.
An Old Man Run Over and Killcd-Hcld
for Murder-i Big Oil Flow.

An Old Man Run over anu ktliCu-hclu
for Murder-Big oil Flow.
PARK ERSRURG, w. VA, March IL
Thomas Rowland, aged seventy, q promi-
nent citizen OF this neighbOrhoOd, was run
over by freight train this morning, few
miles east of here and almost instantly
killed. His head was tied up, which pre-
vented his hearing the train.
The preliminary trial of the women and
men for the murder and robbery of Miller,
closed tonight, after four days session,
with all the parties released except Lucy
Berry and James Roster, who were bound
over to answer indictments Nothing has
been found of Miller.
4 good deal OF excitement exists at Cliff
ton. few miles down the river, over the
discovery of large flow of oil in well
which was bored two years ago, but was
abandoned. The Standard Nail and lron
Comnany first owned and operated the well
for gas, hut finding it no good sold it TO a
PARTY in Clifton. Immense tanks are now
being built, as the oil yield is expected to
he large.
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Strike Of Seven HpnG.ea Coal MIXERS.

TOLEDO, O., March ll.-Yesterday seven
hundred miners in the Sandy Creek mines
struck and are now out awaiting a confer
ference with the operators. The company
have lived up TO the scale af rices agreed
upon recently, but some weeks ago the
miners were notified that unless cleaner
coal was turned out new system Of dock
age would have TO be introduced. The
climax was reached yesterday when
iQrty-six docks were made, and the men
nniE
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They Mean War.

0wESsyoRO, Ky, March ll.-EGorts
are being made to eollec.. the bonded deb,
Of Mnhlenberg cou.ty, and the collection
Is being vigorously resisted. Three hun.
dred armed men are encamped In Green
vile, the coanfy seat, and they say they
mean war .o the bitter end IL the effort "a
coiise, the tax is persisted in. The rail
road tax ofMuhlenberg county Is ", 265,
500, while the as-essed valuation Of prop.
erty Il only 81, 10000. Trouble IL looked
for, and bloodsbed will certainly follow
the attempted collection.
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THE STATE OF TRADE.
The B. n o. Deal Stirs Up the Market-An
Opinion OF IL.

The B. \ q. Deal >tirS Up the Market-An
Opinion OF IL.
New YORK, March ll.-R. G.. Dun X
Co, weekly review OF trade: The past
week has been one of great excitement
among railway and grain operators. There
has beea what may he called liars mar
ket, fuctuating wildly with llatly contra
dictOry statmeuts sent out every day.
Cotton is also active, advancing one quar-
ter. Coffee, with sales of SO, 900 bags,
closes as II began, as does oil with sales OF
1000, ,OOO barrels. Provisions and cattle
are stronger, wool, weak, cOmbings rs
well as fine wool yielding to reduced de
mand. In all markets for securities
the great bargain for the control of the
T. and O. absOrlS attention. From con
fiicting reports there emergeS strong suS-
piciOn that the transaction pending Is in
the nature Ofa contract for running ar
rangcmcntS, and not for actual sale, haY-
ing for its chief purpose the evasion OF the
Interstate Commerce Act. complete
bargain of the kind reported would liit
prices aud create demand lOr some int
pOrtant stocks.
Wheat seemed to be- 'cOrnered' ut Chi,
cago early in the week; inn
mense combinations which are said to hold
over 80, ,OOO, 900 seemed to he swelling ont
Thursday. War rumOrS were employed rs
usual, bat with but little effect. Exports
for the previous epualed 3,457, lJ6 bushels
of wheat from chief Atlantic. ports, bat
purchases for export are a very different
matter, and have been small since the
price advanced. With more than O,OOO,-
900 bushels in the country iucess Of all
home needs for the crop year, the chances
for a successful corner are not tattering.
Sales reached $1,000, 600 bushels; price
lose abut two cents for the week. These
towering speculatiOnS with the prevailing
real estate deal come ut bad time.
Congress appropriated SlSO, OOO,OOO less
for the next fiscal year than for the present
year, while revenues 90 much beyond Sec
retary Manning'S estimates, which means
that Withdrawals of currency from use
must be large. Industries are progressing
we'll with a gradual disappearance Of labor
troubles.
The iron market has a weaker look.
Weakness in wool and wOOlenS continue,
but cotton and cotton goods remain strong.
Some failures of consequence In the
clothing, boot and shoe and carpet trades
indicate unsatisfactory conditions, but the
demand for boots and shoes and for leather
at Boston is reported improving.
Dry goods buyers show more disposition
20 hlpIt purchases TO immediate wants, but
deRaAAlS for April are likely to he largely
anticipated this month on account Of the
Interstate bill.
Business failures during the last seven
AayS in the United States were go, Can
ada, total 2-c2, compared To 229 last week
and 239 the corresponding week last year
Increase over last week is mainly attribu-
table to canada and the British Provinces.
Considerable increase is apparent in the
Pacific States and in the South.
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New Mining Enterprise.

CHARLESTON, w. VA, March lO.-A
charter was issued to-day to the Coal
River Mining and Lumber Company by
Secretary OF State Walker. The principal
place of business is to be in this city, and
the capital stock is STG4,OO0. MeSsrs.
Robert Mitchell and Frank J. Harrison,
of Baltimore, each own shares of s25i, 900.
This covers large tract OF very valuable
coal and timber land situate on Coal river,
this county.
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A Grasd Celebration Ordered.

BERLIN, March ll.--Prin,c Won Hohen-
lohc, Governor Of the Alsace-l.orraine, has
ordered grand celebration OF the Empcf-
or's birthday in the Reichland, the i-stiv-
tiles To include military reviews AMI other
pagcants. The late Raron Won Man
teuffel, when Governor of the Provinces.
used 10 prohibit public celebrations, fear.
ing hostile demonstrations.
The Crown Prince OF Denmark aud the
Crown Prince of Sweden aud Norway are
coming 10 Berlin Ia attend the birthday
celebrations.